{fa«l Hu ̂ t° T^f-33004/99 -OJSSfefX REGD NO. D. L-o30()4/W 3lRcI ?OTT*<TO$ oF>T (Uie (Baxette of ^ndm EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY t . 382 ] ^ fejcvfr, ^WRfe||{, ^ ? n f 13, 2000/3TM? 22, 1922 No. 382] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2000/ASADHA 22,1922 ( c)|Rj|^ p fqw) ^ f e f t , 13'^TTi 2000 m ^ . f a . 606(3?).—rrra $[£ (grf̂ r awfaRsid ^^n) f^m, 1996 ^T atfhr ^ E R cfr^T <$> feP? cfjfrPTO ^ W f r cfJT 3TTM wff WT srfSrfrjffl" 1953(1953 35T 29) ^ t ETM 49 cfft ^TETRr(l) gRT TOT 3T^f?T, *TR<T 3> ^ M ^ , 3^mTRW, *TFT 2, "&S 3, ^ T ^ ( l ) 3 *rn r̂ w * u $ tiiPiwti H'̂ iet̂ eft arter^n m ?rro cpro fto 703(3T), wfas 15 3 ^ ^ , 1999 5RT , ^ T Wft oqf^Rff $ , ftRc£ ^ T WTfcfcT f t f eft WM^\ «Jt, ^ T cTT^I $ , frl*|ch) TTO ^IVIIMTI eft JTf^lf f^R^f f̂cRT 3 l f i ^ *M I McblRld | $ *R. ^ ^ ^ t •^fei^T cJRT $ *!# aft, %TofRT fcl ^ t 3Tcff̂ r <£ tfTcTC 3TT$fa m ^TcT 3TFTT%T cf>^r §<?
ycbiRid f^rr w an,- 3ik ^ w r̂snre 18 3TcFg«r?r 1999 gft P̂RTT eft ^TCTSI ^?r f^rr w SJT;
3 fk efr^fa *NcbN eft uHcfT T̂ cft^ 3TT^T ^T ^ § M STP^ ^ f §*? ^ 3TcT: 3R cf j^ l i j *Ncbl< WS 3 # f ^ P T , 1953 eft ETRT 49 ^ vJMtJKI (2) cfr ^ 5 (3T cf?) cfr ÎT2T qf^cT ^3WRT (l) gRT JRrT 5JlRviiTI ePT 5Rm cf̂ cT |TJ, ^T*T tff£ (frf^T 3Nfcf%cf 3 ^ T ) f^RT, 1996 cf̂T 3fft ^JTEH cfj^f <£ fcT^ PlHfclRdd fow ^TRft t , siarfcf :-
1. (i) ^ r f ^ f r ^r ^ M T̂FT ^PT ^ (gift ^MlofR^d CP̂ TT) wfr?R f̂ Rw, 2000 t I
(ii) it i[\j\m % M<t>iJ}n ^ t cn%j cf>r T^XT # r I 1919 Gl20U0 (1) THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PARTJ^^SECJQ)] Wf ^ (Sfa amfcrf^ w&\) to, 1996 3,—(I) to 5 3 ,—
(i) * ro to (I) 3, V< ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ afr̂ EFT -^ 5rfcr NJ^TT, ^ q ^ , v J ^ t ^ t , ^ f c *f% aTCTTWft s fo W& ^ t ^ t o l ^ " ^T^
(ii) ^T f^H (3) * t - (^) " vJiKlcftl W^W (1) 3fft (2)" ^ 3TRWf ^ T T̂eT 3 l H ' Wf&ft ^T qTeff ^ T T T ' tT? *Wlk1 BT̂ " T̂TcT TFT "^ ^ T H ^ PlHfelfeld xR5T ul l i^ l l , V r f ^ P T ' (1) 3jfr (2) 3 ÎSTT fof|<T 3>TfaTf ^ t ^ 3Tf!rf^T WTC vdfwlRsId Ml(§4>lQ, dlfc^cb gfcf, f ^ t f 3 ^ , xftft T̂T f ^ t ^ R N TET̂ T ^ f^H^JT PltriRd ^ 10,000 W J m 3 T f ^ t , *ff*Tcfi 3 i H r v ^ f t l d (^) ^ 5 (1) ^ WPT ^ Hnfoifed w ynw, 3T$>ifa : -
(1) -Qft t ^ f f c M i t a ?IT ^TFR 3 t%tft ^ ^ xftft, c f ^ 3TFT c ^ T ^ 1%# ^ T H ^T^TT <£ cfJTCUT dlfc^cb S^cT c£t ^ t BTft ^Rft t , fuRT^T PteriRd ^ 10,000 ^ ? ^T 3Tf%3> %, cf«r ^ T W l c f i cf>T ^ $ 3 T ^ £ vJMd&l 3TSRTC ^ 3T^TJT cfc fefX? f̂cTCT cfJT M £ f^TT MTFTT xfTfl? I
(2) f^FT 6 3 ^TH?FT(l) ^ ^STH ^ PlHfelR^d vdMH^H W WP?TT, 3I«lfa:
"(1) f^Rm 5 3> vdMplilH (2) £ 3TJHR ^ ^cRT vjq FTCFl(2) 3 cff̂ RT S T f t e f t 1[RT f & f e S R f ^ t ^TRft t cR ?Tt̂ [ ^ feR M < K ^ETT^t ^ T̂̂ EiTq; ̂ f { TfFTeT 3 srf%*T f^n?xRT ^ fcP? wm ^ w&jfi t ^ n vSTTqnnj:
T R ^ -JT? fcf> TT ĵ i jT^rejcft ^T t ^ R f t $ cf^cft ft^ W^T ^T R P l W ^ 3TEJT5T ^T 3FRT Rl^chll^chK ^TT;
["W. ^T. -Jt-54012/4/98-WS(tr)] 2
2.
[MFTII—Tgvs 3(i)] ^TT-ro:̂ i TPT*T3_. ^-nqRqi MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND 1NDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th July, 2000 G. S. R. 606(E).— -Whereas a draft of certain rules further to amend the Tea Board (Write Off Losses) Rules, 1996 was published as required by sub-section (1) of section 49 of the Tea Act 1953 (29 of 1953), in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-li, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification of the Government of India, m the Ministry of Commerce bearing number G.S.R. 703(E), dated the 15*' October, 1999, inviting objections or suggestions from ail persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of forty-five days from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette in which the said notification was published were made available to the public;
And whereas the said Gazette was made available to the public on the 18th October, 1999;
And whereas no objections or suggestions were received from the public by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1), read with clause (ja) of sub-section (2) of section 49, of the Tea Act, 1953, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Tea Board (Write Off Losses) Rules, 1996, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Tea Board (Write Off Losses) Amendment Rules, 2000.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Tea Board (Write Off Losses) Rules, 1996,-
(1) in rule 5,-
(i) in sub-rule (1), for the words "theft and carelessness", the words theft, carelessness and misappropriation" shall be substituted;
(ii) in sub - rule (3),-
(a) for the portion beginning with the words "In addition to taking action" and ending with the words "as a result of fire, theft, etc.", the following shall be substituted, namely - THE GAZETTE OF INDIA . EXTRAORDINARY PARTII—SIV 3(01 "In addition to taking action as prescribed In sub-rules (1) and (2), the authorities mentioned above shall follow the provision indicated below in cases involving loss of substantial nature including destruction of Board's property as a result of fire, theft or the like and such loss having an assessed value of Rs.10,0G0/-ormore",
(b) for clause (i), the following shall be substituted, namely- "(i) When loss of substantial nature having an assessed value of Rs. 10,000/- or more due to suspected theft, fraud, fire or the like occur in any office or installation, such cases should invariably be reported to the Police for investigation on the first available opportunity";
(2) ' in rule 6, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely: - "(1) The report as per sub-rule (2) of rule 5 when received by the authorities mentioned in the said sub-rule (2) shall be finally concluded by fixing responsibility against the official responsible for the loss and thereafter shall be submitted to the Chairman for a final decision in the matter:
Provided that a decision for recovery in lump sum or recovery by instalments shall be the exclusive discretion of the Chairman:
Provided further that prior to the issuance of an order of recovery of the losses, the delinquent official shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard ".
[F No T-54012/4/98-Plant(A)] RATHI VINAY JHA, Addl. Secy Foot Note :— The principal t ules were published in the Gazette of India vide Ministry of Commerce Notification No G S.R. 364 (E) dated the 14th August 1996.
Printed by the Maiugei. (jovt ot India Pi ess. Ring Road. Mayapun. Nei\ Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications. Delhi-110054